One hundred young Scottish Catholics have signed an open letter paying tribute to priests who have helped them by teaching Catholic doctrine.
The letter, signed by 107 Catholics aged between 18 and 35, was addressed to Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh, one of the bishops attending the synod on young people which begins today in Rome.
The signatories, all aged 18-35 and normally resident in Scotland, express their gratitude for the gift of faith, adding: "We desperately want to share this great gift with so many lapsed and non-Catholics among our family, friends, and colleagues, who have not rejected Catholicism but a poorly-understood shadow of it."
